It’s like a brand new ice box

Before

I knew the previous owner had reduced the size of the ice box, many
cruisers do that. He did this by adding several layers of 2” foam
insulation and then starboard on top of that. There was also a huge void
in the bottom of the refrigerator that had a big jug of mystery labeled
“A” and with a skull and crossbones on it. Well the refrigerator had
that old refrigerator smell so Dawn took out all the now moldy foam
insulation and cleaned the ice box.

After

We will definitely put back the starboard to mount the refrigerator
element, but while we’re here in Puget Sound with cheap access to ice
we’ll also use the larger ice box.

Next year, we’ll do the big refrigerator project to permanently shrink
the size of the box, insulate to modern standards and reclaim the unused
space for storage. This was just a clean up project and Dawn did an
awesome job at that!